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is the technology creative?
do I use technology in a creative way?
does the technology allow me to be creative?

theme(s) / rule(s) / topic(s)

play / change(s) / human(s) / pattern(s) / experiment(s) / cycle(s)

media(s) / education(s) / color(s) / relationship(s) / pattern(s) / _ / .

being human is not simply a label.

... it is about a set of aspirations. Recognizing those aspirations and striving to realise them can make the world we live in one to celebrate rather than fear.

human(s) / experiment(s) / cycle(s)

game(s) -- meaning / C4(X) / engine(s) / space(s)

instruction / second life / climate / mashup(s) / panorama / _ / .

challenge -- relevance, feedback, confidence
curiosity -- cognitive / sensitive discrepancy
control -- contingency, choice, power
context -- intrinsic or extrinsic metaphor(s)

gaming is a waste of time / MW2008 / design / game(s) / ximpel

play / war(s) / dynamic(s) / challenge(s) / value(s) / theory

engineer(s) -- creative explorations of art, science & technology

who-am-i? / moral(s) / _ / .

Who can be interested any longer in that age-old idle talk about good and evil when it has been established that good and evil are not 'constants' at all, but 'functional values', so that the goodness of works depends on the historical circumstances, and the goodness of human beings on the psycho-technical skill with which their qualities are exploited? The world is simply ridiculous if one looks at it from the technical point of view. It is unpractical in all that concerns the relations between human beings, and in the highest degree uneconomical and inexact in its methods.

der man ohne ...? / play / engineer(s) / cycle(s)

slogan(s) -- room(s)

_ .. / engineer(s) / politic(s) / culture(s) / _ / .

As I leant against the wall the University indeed seemed a sanctuary in which are preserved rare types which would soon be obsolete if left to fight for existence on the pavement of the Strand.

Virginia Woolf: A Room of One's Own (1928, p. 9)

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

politic(s) -- for a co-creative world

design(s) / truth(s) / engineer(s) / room(s) / space(s) / _ / .

... we shook hands, my inability to remember that particular moment more precisely is disappointing: the handshake is the treshold act, the beginning of politics.

anonymous: primary colors -- a novel of politics

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

slogan(s) -- truth(s) / all truth passes through three stages / event(s)

_ .. / expression(s) / politic(s) / creativity / _ / .

first, it is ridiculed.
second, it is violently opposed.
third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Arthur Schopenhauer

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

the new wave of Web 2.0 -- google(s) / mashup(s) / science(s)

IIPCREATE / interview(s) / _ / .


  yahoo -- developer.yahoo.com
      del.icio.us -- del.icio.us/help/api
          technorati -- www.technorati.com/developers
              flickr -- www.flickr.com/services
                  google -- code.google.com
                      ebay -- developer.ebay.com

REACTIVE ==> CREATIVE!?

ICT challenge(s) [3/5]

ICT challenge(s) [5/5]

application(s) -- creative industry

creative society -- www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/media/tube-video-education-google-society-mit.html

computer science(s)

what science? -- www.cs.vu.nl/~eliens/media/tube-video-education-computer-science-what-is.html

creative technology -- target(s)

program to enhance students' participation and creativity

first thought(s) -- without thinking / inspiration(s)

the aesthetics of our time -- youtube 9/11
the medium is the message -- (news) flash (skip intro)
models of dissemination -- (pathology): viral, cancerous (dialectics)
creativity is contagious -- involvement
attention vs impact -- peripheral, unfocussed, subliminal
new media -- personal expression(s)

inspiration(s) -- looking around / course(s)

create -- creative technology
design -- create the future
education -- using information technology to create new educational situations
math & art -- computers, math and art
research -- creative industry
KP7 -- IIP Create 12/9/2007
Philips -- IPP Create 12/9/2007

card(s) -- reflect

main benefit(s)
main risk(s)

Think before you ask! Write clearly and do not forget your name!

approach -- with subtext(s)

(cheap) philosophy -- leads to ignorance and self-satisfaction
colloquial wisdom -- is an internet commodity
common sense -- only results in confusion

random thought(s) -- why always square screens?


  rhethorics 
    of    $<--$  personal challenge
  material


  everything else     computation
     is           -->
  subsidiary          interaction

item(s)/hazard(s) -- with subtext(s)

requirements -- kill creativity
user studies -- lead to conservatism
clear goals -- limit exploration

the creative process -- involvement & reflection


   peripheral
       --> unfocussed
       --> subliminal
                attention/awareness model(s)

model(s) of dissemination -- dialectic(s) of awareness

pathology

creativity is contagious
viral games
the (digital) seduction of a civilisation

on the emergence of creative technology

this is where the subtext ends, and the exploration begins, with as the ultimate challenge, to realize a new discipline: creative technology

perspective(s) -- innovation as an expression of ignorance

frankfurt airport -- multimedia walkway
shanghai river tunnel -- visual experience
shanghai shopping center -- full globe video projection
etcetera -- visual quilt, PANORAMA, ...

medium is the message -- the aesthetics of our time

9/11 / performance(s) -- tube(s)

slogan(s) -- creative technology / starting from 1st year

_ .. / ... / [] / social / process / change(s) / design(s) / space(s) / _ / .

identity [me] -- as a group/role(s)/difference(s)
portfolio -- [I repeat]: as individual/collaboration(s)
imagination -- mixing science & art/creativity is contagious
authenticity -- as in no bullshit/critical/problem(s) [X] ?
craftmanship -- discovering rethorics of the material [X]

play / game(s) / project(s) / experiment(s) / cycle(s)

mechanism(s) -- educational element(s)

(art) inspiration(s) -- item(s) of beauty
(periodic) de-construction(s) -- discover (un)truth(s)
(technical) exploration(s) -- trial(s) without error(s)
(creative) workshop(s) -- to boost the imagination(s)

control(s) -- layered mentorship

supervision(s) -- from multiple perspectives
(peer) reviews -- with mild competitive edge
(public) exhibition(s) -- for external exposure

slogan(s) -- do you want to make a difference

de Waag

technology to innovate social processes
social processes to innovate technology

open source

the world is changing -- inspiration(s) / twitter

web2.0 (4): everything is becoming digital and virtual
VU @ SL (7): even in 3D and Second Life
climate @ VU (9): but there are serious problems
computer (8): computer science is magic
science (6): but it is not a science
games (3): imagine no books but games
(*) do you want to make a difference
what, why, how (5): people keep asking me questions

slogan(s) -- metaphor(s) / towards a new curriculum

... / ground(s) / picnic(s) / network(s) / _ / .

a networked world -- you make it work [engineering, management] -- not network maintenance!
everything is connected -- you make the connections [mediator, management]
everything is intertwinkled (Ted Nelson) -- you make it twinkle [the creative track]

/ knowledge is a (creative)? process / cycle(s)

slogan(s) -- creative technology

_ .. / ... / [] / social / process / change(s) / design(s) / space(s) / _ / .

do you want to make (a) difference(s)/[cycle(s)]?
... in every scientist there is an artist ?
everything is intertwinkled -- make it twinkle!

expressive processing

play / game(s) / lyric(s) / network(s) / design(s) / cycle(s)

creative technology -- an integrative curriculum

question(s) / format(s)


   CS -- computer science
   NM -- new media
   ST -- smart technology
   MA -- mathematics
   DE -- design
  
   CA -- creative applications

slogan(s) -- fun application(s) / de wereld gaat aan vlijt ten onder / time

_ .. / ... / [] / social / process / change(s) / design(s) / space(s) / _ / .

societal impact/relevance -- inspiration(s)
convergence of technologies -- educational(s)

UTwente/EWI doctrine(s)

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

slogan(s) -- challenge(s) / interactive entertainment

_ .. / ... / [] / social / process / change(s) / design(s) / space(s) / _ / .

immersion -- being in
rapture -- loss of aesthetic distance
agency -- being in control

facets of fun

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

slogan(s) -- media art(s) / computer augmented artefact(s)

_ .. / ... / [] / social / process / change(s) / design(s) / space(s) / _ / .

shift of paradigm(s) / reading(s)

emotional response -- enrich experience
intellectual challenge -- avoid boredom

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

slogan(s) -- shift of paradigm(s) / innovation by re-creation(s)

_ .. / ... / [] / social / process / change(s) / design(s) / space(s) / _ / .

taking (media) artists as a role model for creative engineers, following the recommendation of IIP/CREATE
combining disciplinary courses with creative applications, to ensure a solid technical level
looking for inspiration in the art(s), as the ultimate source of human value(s)

course(s) / twente(s) / science(s)

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

slogan(s) -- application(s) / my first creative technology application(s)

_ .. / ... / [] / social / process / change(s) / design(s) / space(s) / _ / .

sensor -- to detect footsteps on the stairs
media -- a little light announcing approaching person(s)

to enable reading ...

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

slogan(s) -- dilemma(s) / how to teach attitude(s) & creativity

_ .. / ... / [] / social / process / change(s) / design(s) / space(s) / _ / .

implicit -- confusion is the origin of (all) creativity -- there is no theory / creativity killers / hacking the human / spark(s) / pattern(s)
explicit -- (amateur) course(s) on creativity, philosophy, psychology -- computational art / new media / meaning / planning / workshop(s)
by example(s) -- invite artist(s) & pioneer(s) -- teaching creativity / project(s) / dead media / tube(s)
design case(s) -- facets of fun -- on the design of computer augmented entertainment artefacts [offline!?] -- a long read, indeed!
target(s) -- generation Y / rip it / creative thinking / loser(s) / leader(s) / vision(s) / definition(s)

slogan(s) -- question(s) / awareness 2.0

research / question(s) / change(s) / space(s) / _ / .

Theoretician, artist, do you intend to embellish the existing conditions with the ornament of your abstractions and to give theory or art an appearance of depth at variance with the truth, or do you intend to make (y)our thinking an instrument for the reshaping of these conditions?

I. Svitak -- Man and his world / cycle(s)

slogan(s) -- known(s) / ignorance 2.0

creativity / ... / vision(s) / science / quality / _ / .

... in science only one thing is more wonderful than how much we know, and that is how much we do not know.

I. Svitak -- Man and his world / quest(s)

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

culturalization -- in the context of information technology

_ .. / research / question(s) / artist(s) / _ / .

... culturalization within the broader context of information technology (IT) can also be read as a moment of anticipation, a tactical sidetrack in response to the long-term decline of the engineering class in the West. The hegemonic role of computer scientists as inventors can easily been understood, but wasn't going to last forever. Different fields of knowledge, from human computer interaction to usability and new media studies, have ll in their own ways proclaimed the coming of the cultural turn.

MyCreativity: A critique of Creative Industries

designer vs developer -- culture(s) / question(s)

_ .. / practice(s) / change(s) / vision(s) / _ / .

... no, at the personal level, you should accept no less than the title of artist and aspire to earn the right to carry the title. And earning this right is influenced not so much by your accomplishments as by your approach: a relentless pursuit of perfection, where the journey is the destination.

www.bit-101.com / from: as3 animation -- making things move

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

creative technology -- ethic(s)

value(s) / socio-digital landscape(s) / _ / .


     ethically informed
                    morally inclined

divina comedia
www.nmc.org

aesthetic(s) -- new media

skill(s) / truth(s) / beauty / miracle(s) / place(s) / screen(s) / _ / .

the skin is the deepest part of man.

Paul Valery / color(s)

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

engineer(s) -- create technology?

_ .. / create / common(s) / art(s) / _ / .

the 20th century is the century of engineers ...

Der Man ohne Eigenschaften / human(s) / scenario(s)

skin(s) / project(s) / room(s) / problem(s) / screen(s) / cycle(s)

game(s) -- active learning / rethoric(s)

_ .. / create / common(s) / art(s) / _ / .

experiencing the world in new ways
forming new affiliations
preparation for future learning

situated cognition in a semiotic domain
experiment(s) / critical learning

/ play / tribe(s) / network(s) / identity / flow(s) / chart(s) / cycle(s)

answers(s) -- message 2.0

_ .. / create / common(s) / art(s) / _ / .

in our digital age the message determines the selection of the medium

Æ

space(s) / dream(s) / vision(s) / _ / .

we will watch

brother(s) / experiment(s) / screen(s) / experience(s)

...

game play, model-based simulation, exploration

_ .. / create / common(s) / art(s) / _ / .

game cycle -- turns in subsequent rounds
simulation(s) -- world (climate) model
exploration -- by means of interactive video

game elements / XIMPEL

structure(s) -- creative explorations of art, science & technology

who-am-i?

disciplinary courses -- traditional approach, with regular courses and assignments
project-based work -- lectures to support active exploration of topics by students
creative applications -- challenges, to produce viable solutions for real world applications

game(s) -- meaning / C4(X) / engine(s) / space(s)

instruction / second life / climate / mashup(s) / panorama / _ / .

challenge -- relevance, feedback, confidence
curiosity -- cognitive / sensitive discrepancy
control -- contingency, choice, power
context -- intrinsic or extrinsic metaphor(s)

gaming is a waste of time / MW2008 / design / game(s) / ximpel

play / war(s) / dynamic(s) / challenge(s) / value(s) / theory

slogan(s) -- creative problem(s) / compute / media / smart / math / design

_ .. / ... / [] / social / process / change(s) / design(s) / space(s) / _ / .